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Intatheli yaseFrance ebibanjwe ontamolukhuni bamaSulumane iminyaka ecishe ibe mibili eMali idedelwe ngoMsombuluko, ngokusho kukamengameli waseFrance kanye nenhlangano ebhekele abezindaba iReporters Without Borders.
U-Olivier Dubois wathunjwa ngo-Ephreli 2021 enyakatho neMali, okuyisifunda sezwe esihlaselwe udlame lwamaJihadi oluxhumene ne-al-Qaida kanye neqembu le-Islamic State.
UMongameli waseFrance u-Emmanuel Macron ubhale kuTwitter ngoMsombuluko wathi: “U-Olivier Dubois ukhululekile” kodwa akazange anikeze eminye imininingwane efana nemibandela yokukhululwa kukaDubois, okuhlanganisa nokuthi kuthinta yini isihlengo, ayizange idalulwe.
“Sizizwa sijabule futhi sikhululeke kakhulu,” kusho i-Reporters Without Borders, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-RSF yesiFulentshi, esitatimendeni.
Yabonga iziphathimandla zaseFrance “ngokusebenzisa izindlela ezidingekayo ukuze akhululwe,” ngaphandle kokuchaza kabanzi.
Umsebenzi wosizo uJeffery Woodke naye ukhululile
Ukukhululwa kukaDubois kwafika ngalolo suku isisebenzi sosizo saseMelika naye akhululwa ngaso.
Izikhulu zaseMelika zithe akukho sihlengo esikhokhelwe uJeffery Woodke, owagcinwa iminyaka engaphezu kweyisithupha, zancoma uhulumeni waseNiger ngokusiza ekukhululweni kwakhe.
UNobhala Wezwe laseMelika u-Antony Blinken uvakashele lesi sifunda ngesonto eledlule lapho ememezele khona u-$150 million wokusiza isifunda saseSahel.
“Ngijabule kakhulu ngokubona lokho kufezeka namhlanje,” kusho uBlinken, ebonga ithimba lakhe, kanye neNiger, ngemizamo yabo. “Ngeke siphumule baze babuyele ekhaya bonke, njengoJeffery, baphinde bahlangane nabakubo. imindeni.”
U-Els Woodke ukhiphe isitatimende ngokhulumela umndeni wathi ubengakakhulumi nomyeni wakhe, kodwa utshelwe ukuthi usesimweni esihle.
UWoodke wayethunjwe emzini wakhe ose-Abalak, eNiger, ngo-Okthoba 2016 ngamadoda aqamekela abulala onogada bakhe bamphoqa ngesibhamu elolini labo, lapho ayiswa khona enyakatho ngasemngceleni waseMali.
Okhulumela iWhite House National Security Council, uJohn Kirby, uthe imizamo yokukhulula uWoodke iholwa ngamasosha aseMelika, abomthetho kanye nomphakathi wezobunhloli, esebenzisana nohulumeni waseFrance.
Bobabili babingelelwe ngabafisela okuhle kodwa
Kungazelelwe izikhulu zaseNiger zimemezele ngoMsombuluko ekuseni ukuthi la madoda amabili athathe indiza eyisipesheli eya enhlokodolobha yezwe kodwa awazange anikeze imininingwane. Izikhulu zaseMelika zathi lo mthunjwa waseMelika akazange akhululwe eNiger kodwa esifundeni esiseduze neMali, lapho uDubois athunjwa khona ngo-2021.
Bobabili babonakala bephilile ngokomzimba lapho behlangana kafushane neqembu elincane lezintatheli eNiamey. UDubois wamamatheka kakhulu ngesikhathi emukelwa yizimfiseli ezinhle, bethi ukhathele kodwa ukahle.
“Kuyamangaza kimina ukuba lapha, ngikhululeke,” kusho intatheli eneminyaka engu-48 ubudala. “Bengingakulindele nhlobo. Ngingathanda ukukhokha isigqoko ku-Niger, kanye nolwazi lwayo ngalezi zinhlobo zemishini ebucayi. Futhi ukukhokha intela eFrance nakubo bonke labo abenze kwaba nokwenzeka ukuba lapha namuhla. “
UWoodke, obegqoke izinwele zakhe ezimpunga ezinde emsila wehhashi futhi esebenzisa induku, akazange akhulume nezintatheli.
Imigubho
Futhi, ngoMsombuluko, i-International Committee of the Red Cross imemezele ukuthi ababili babasebenzi bayo bakhululiwe eMali. Inhlangano ayikwazanga ukudalula imininingwane yabasebenzi noma izimo zokuthunjwa, futhi akukwazanga ukuqinisekiswa uma kukhona ukuxhumana nabanye abathunjwa okumenyezelwe ukukhululwa kwabo ngalo lolo suku.
Okhulumela iWhite House National Security Council, uJohn Kirby, uthe imizamo yokukhulula uWoodke iholwa ngamasosha aseMelika, abomthetho kanye nomphakathi wezobunhloli, esebenzisana nohulumeni waseFrance.
U-Woodke no-Debois babengabokufika abadume kakhulu ababebanjelwe esifundeni, futhi ukukhululwa kwabo bekukhulu kunawo wonke selokhu owesifazane waseFrance namadoda amabili ase-Italy bakhululwa ndawonye eMali ngo-Okthoba 2020.
Inhlangano yabezindaba iReporters Without Borders, obekunesikhathi eside ifuna ukukhululwa kukaDubois, nayo igubhe uMsombuluko.
“Sizwa injabulo nokukhululeka okukhulu,” kusho leli qembu, libonga iziphathimandla zaseFrance.
Abathumbi besihlengo
Sekuyisikhathi eside amaqembu athumba abathunjwa ukuze ahlengwe eSahel, indawo ewudedangendlale, ewugwadule engaphansi koGwadule LwaseSahara. Abathunjwa abakhululwe ngaphambilini bachaze ukuhanjiswa njalo besuka kwenye indawo beyiswa endaweni ngaphansi kwezimo ezithusayo phakathi kwamazinga okushisa ashisayo. Abashisekeli benkolo bahlose ukusebenzisa izigidi ukuze bahlawulele imisebenzi yabo ye-jihadi, nakuba kungewona wonke amazwe ahlanganyela ezingxoxweni zokukhokha.
Ngonyaka odlule umbhangqwana wase-Italy kanye nengane yawo bathunjwa kanye nesisebenzi sasendlini eningizimu yeMali. Abanye abathunjwa abathunjwa eNtshonalanga Afrika bahlanganisa uKen Elliott, udokotela wase-Australia owathunjwa ngo-2016 kanye nesakhamuzi saseRomania uJulian Ghergut, owashaqwa eduze kwendawo yezimayini ngo-2015.
